Re: Royal Australian Navy force enhancements
Here's the hires pic of the mini-typhoon mount.
A 25mm gun would make for a great boomstick but looking at the available space, I'm not sure a 25mm gun could be fitted without modifying the structure. It already looks a bit cramped up there. I've seen some interesting weapon choices for the sort of work they're used for. One RN ship has mounted a minigun system, which doesn't appear to be intrusive. I suppose there's something to be said for rate of fire.cherry said:I happened to be watching "Dateline" on SBS last night which was a story on Iraq and some of the Coalition activities over there. The media crew were on board HMAS Newcastle and actually showed them firing one of the mini-typhoons during a training drill. I was wondering, do these systems reduce the number of personnel required to operate the 0.50 cal weapons, does one person control all four now, or are four personnel still required to operate the controls? Also, was the 0.50 cal chosen because a 25mm would be too big?
Here's the hires pic of the mini-typhoon mount.
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